English Explanatory Dictionary

sherwani

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.

Word forms

sherwani sherwanis

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی (śervānī)/Hindi शेरवानी (śervānī), from the name of a town in Persia.

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